To:I. S. UNSCHLICHT

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ComradeUnschlicht, Deputy Chairman, All-Russia ChekaCopy to the Narrow C.P.C.

Iauthorise you to call and chair a conference consisting
of the People’s Commissars for Foreign Trade, Internal
Affairs and Defence urgently to examine the problem of
combating smuggling.

Makeyour report to the Narrow C.P.C. within a
week.[1]

Chairman,C.P.C.

[1]Thequestion of combating smuggling was examined at several
Narrow C.P.C. sittings in November 1921.

OnNovember 21, the C.P.C. approved a draft decree “On
Rewards for Detention of Smuggled Goods” (the decree was published
inIzvestia VTsIKon December 3, 1921). On November 23, the
Narrow C.P.C. discussed the measures for combating smuggling,
and on November 28, having adopted as a basis a draft C.P.C.
decree on combating smuggling introduced by the All-Russia
Cheka, it instructed the commission, within five days, “to carry
out an additional reworking of the draft and also work out a
statute of organs to combat smuggling” (Central Party Archives).
The draft decision submitted by tie commission was adopted
with amendments by the Narrow C.P.C. on December 8 (the
decision was published inIzvestia VTsIKon December 29, 1921).